GELLER'S POV If I could, I’d skip this entire Alpha Ceremony in a heartbeat. It’s nothing more than a formality. Just a formality. Finally, after tonight, it would all be over, and I could focus on what truly mattered again. But before that, I needed to clear my head. A run was the only way I could shake off the tension and reset. I slipped out the back of the house. In one smooth motion, I stripped off my clothes and shifted, feeling the familiar power surge through me as my wolf took over. I needed the mental release, the calm that came with running wild and untethered. Tonight wasn’t just going to be about ceremony; it was a night where the leeches—the opportunistic wolves—would gather, not to witness the handover of power, but to make their own deals, pushing their agendas. Just

